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SoftBank-backed Oyo files for $1.16 billion IPO

TechCrunch

Much like every other hospitality and travel firm, Oyo was also severely disrupted by the pandemic. That deal immediately proved to be a success, which then propelled Agarwal to explore broadening his offering — now using technology — to focus on what were the neglected segments of the market. Oyo’s offerings.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Construction tech survey, founder-CEO friction, diversify your cap table

TechCrunch

Configuring a robot to mix cement is easy, but delivering a CementTron 3000 to a job site, training employees on its use, and keeping it maintained are not the kinds of disruptions builders are looking for, especially when margins are so thin and experienced workers are hard to find. Sungjoon Cho, general partner, D20 Capital.

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Dover raises $20M to bring the concept of ‘orchestration’ to recruitment

TechCrunch

Despite being one of the earliest adopters of using the world wide web to disrupt how its business is done and connect with more potential customers, the recruitment industry ironically remains one of the more fragmented and behind the times when it comes to using new, cloud based services to work more efficiently.

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How capital-as-a-service can help you get your first check in 2021

TechCrunch

“A lot of founders mix up raising money with making money.” Flexing its “20-minute term sheet” the startup uses an algorithm to shift through a startup’s data, and if it has positive ad spend and positive unit economics, they make an investment worth anything from $10,000 to over $10 million. Mobility-as-a-service.

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The Anatomy of a Pitch

Entrepreneur's Handbook

It’s a decent decision-making tool, provided the fund’s partners are disciplined and intellectually honest in its use. The hero’s journey by Joseph Campbell is a plot structure used to analyze myths and movies. It’s been used in the Hobbit and Dune. It’s used by Pixar. Speaking about stories at TechChill 2019.

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Free Money for Student Tech Founders

David Teten VC

We use Asana at Versatile VC for managing tasks and projects with other collaborators in our teams. Use their software for interactive data visualization and modern business intelligence. This hub also plays host to events, serves as collaborative office space for a mix of tech companies, and offers drop-in space for guests. .

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How Bounce beat pandemic disruption and bagged a16z to lead its Series A

TechCrunch

“We basically just chased the opportunity wherever it was,” he tells TechCrunch, summing up how Bounce tackled the last two years of pandemic disruption. “This is especially useful to them compared to PO Boxes or Amazon lockers because it provides a single nearby location where the customer can get all their packages.